Vertebral cryptococcosis in an immunocompetent patient - A case report

Pan African Medical Journal

Volumn 8, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Houda, Bachir ^a   Wafa, Ammouri ^a   Zoubida, Tazi Mezalek ^a   Mohamed, Adnaoui ^a   Mohamed, Aouni ^a   Hicham, Harmouche ^a  

^a Avicenne Hospital   (Morocco)

Author keywords

C neoformans; Cryptococcosis; Immunocompetent; Morocco; Vertebral

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCONAZOLE; HEMOGLOBIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BABINSKI REFLEX; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FUNGAL CAPSULE; GRANULOMATOSIS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; ISCHIALGIA; LAMINECTOMY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MEDICAL HISTORY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CRYPTOCOCCOSIS;

EID: 84876479507     PISSN: 19378688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/pamj.v8i1.71158     Document Type: Article

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